Buy this book on-line Holmes, Mary J : Rose Mather: A Tale of the WarG. W. Carleton and Company, New York, 1868
Original publisher's green cloth binding with impressed decorations on front and back covers. Gilt lettering on spine. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 407 pages, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Slight deformation to the binding from over-compression. Small puncture near tail of the spine. Slight foxing in the bottom margin of the last few pages not affecting text. Mary J. Holmes (1825-1907) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was a very popular author; about two million of copies of her books were sold in her lifetime, a figure bested only by that of Harriet Beecher Stowe. The narratives of Holmes's books often centered upon domestic and rural life, but they also examined serious topics such as slavery and gender, class, and race relations. This is a historical fiction novel about the Civil War. Referenced in the Bibliography of American Literature (BAL) as no. 8662.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Holmes, Mary J : Rose Mather: A Tale of the War. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, rare books, livres anciens, collectables and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |